Portuguese conjugation

In Portuguese there are three conjugations. You can distinguish the conjugations through the ending of the infinitive of the verbs:

• Verbs ending in -ar belong to the first conjugation (e.g. dar, lavar, matar, ladrar);
• Verbs ending in -er belong to the second conjugation (e.g. correr, comer, colher);
• Verbs ending in -ir belong to the third conjugation (e.g. partir, ir, destruir, urdir);
• The verb Pôr and its compounds belong to the second conjugation. This includes the verbs: depor, compor, propor, among many others.

Pronunciation in European Portuguese follows. See International Phonetic Alphabet and IPA in Unicode. You may also want to read this Ciberdúvidas article on the Portuguese language phonetics (in Portuguese).

The First Conjugation (Simple Tenses)

Example given with the verb amar. Terminations in bold.

Indicative Mood

Per.	Future Imperfect	Present	Preterit Perfect	Preterit Imperfect	Preterit Pluperfect
Eu	amarei	amo	amei	amava	amara
Tu	amarás	amas	amaste	amavas	amaras
Ele	amará	ama	amou	amava	amara
Nós	amaremos	amamos	amámos (EP) or amamos (BP)	amávamos	amamáramos
Vós	amareis	amais	amastes	amáveis	amáreis
Eles	amarão	amam	amaram	amavam	amaram

 

Per.	Future Imperfect	Present	Preterit Perfect	Preterit Imperfect	Preterit Pluperfect
Eu	[ɐ·ma·ˈɾɐj]	[ˈɐ·mu]	[ɐ·ˈmɐj]	[ɐ·ˈma·vɐ]	[ɐ·ˈma·ɾɐ]
Tu	[ɐ·ma·ˈɾaʃ]	[ˈɐ·mɐʃ]	[ɐ·ˈmaʃ·tɨ]	[ɐ·ˈma·vɐʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·ɾɐʃ]
Ele	[ɐ·ma·ˈɾa]	[ˈɐ·mɐ]	[ɐ·ˈmo]	[ɐ·ˈma·vɐ]	[ɐ·ˈma·ɾɐ]
Nós	[ɐ·ma·ˈɾe·muʃ]	[ɐ·ˈmɐ·muʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·muʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·vɐ·muʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·ɾɐ·muʃ]
Vós	[ɐ·mɐ·ˈɾ;ɐjʃ]	[ɐ·ˈmajʃ]	[ɐ·ˈmas·tɨʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·vɐjʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·ɾ;ɐjʃ]
Eles	[ɐ·mɐ·ˈɾ;ãw̃]	[ˈɐ·mãw̃]	[ɐ·ˈma·ɾ;ãw̃]	[ɐ·ˈma·vãw̃]	[ɐ·ˈma·ɾ;ãw̃]

Subjunctive Mood

Per.	Future Imperfect	Present	Preterit Imperfect
Eu	amar	ame	amasse
Tu	amares	ames	amasses
Ele	amar	ame	amasse
Nós	amarmos	amemos	amássemos
Vós	amardes	ameis	amásseis
Eles	amarem	amem	amassem

 

Per.	Future Imperfect	Present	Preterit Imperfect
Eu	[ɐ·ˈmaɾ]	[ˈɐ·mɨ]	[ɐ·ˈma·sɨ]
Tu	[ɐ·ˈmaɾ·ɨʃ]	[ˈɐ·mɨʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·sɨʃ]
Ele	[ɐ·ˈmaɾ]	[ˈɐ·mɨ]	[ɐ·ˈma·sɨ]
Nós	[ɐ·ˈmaɾ·muʃ]	[ɐ·ˈme·muʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·sɨ·muʃ]
Vós	[ɐ·ˈmaɾ·dɨʃ]	[ɐ·ˈmɐjʃ]	[ɐ·ˈma·sɐjʃ]
Eles	[ɐ·ˈmaɾ·ɐ̃j̃]	[ˈɐ·mɐ̃j̃]	[ɐ·ˈma·sɐ̃j̃]

Conditional Mood

Per.	Conditional
Eu	amaria
Tu	amarias
Ele	amaria
Nós	amaríamos
Vós	amaríeis
Eles	amariam

 

Per.	Conditional
Eu	[ɐ·mɐ·ˈɾi·ɐ]
Tu	[ɐ·mɐ·ˈɾi·ɐʃ]
Ele	[ɐ·mɐ·ˈɾi·ɐ]
Nós	[ɐ·mɐ·ˈɾi·ɐ·muʃ]
Vós	[ɐ·mɐ·ˈɾi·ɐjʃ]
Eles	[ɐ·mɐ·ˈɾi·ãw̃]